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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Layouts in a Project
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Overview of Notes and Labels
- Create Text
- Create Leaders
- Use Fields in Text
- Work with Text Styles
- Change Text
- Check Spelling
- Format Multiline Text at the Command Prompt
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Named Page Setups with Projects
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach PDF Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
Visual Fidelity for Annotative Objects in Previous Releases
You can specify that objects maintain visual fidelity when they are viewed
in AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases) with the SAVEFIDELITY system
variable.
If you work primarily in model space, it is recommended that you turn off
visual fidelity (set SAVEFIDELITY to 0). However, if you need to exchange
drawings with other users, and layout fidelity is most important, then visual
fidelity should be turned on (SAVEFIDELITY set to 1).
Annotative objects may have multiple . When visual fidelity is on, annotative
objects are decomposed and scale representations are saved (in an ) to separate
layers. These layers are named based on their original layer and appended
with a number. If you explode the block in AutoCAD LT 2007 (or earlier
releases), and then open the drawing in AutoCAD LT 2008 (or later releases),
each scale representation becomes a separate annotative object, each with one
annotation scale. It is recommended that you do not edit or create objects on
these layers when working with a drawing created in AutoCAD LT 2008 (and
later releases) in AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases).
When visual fidelity for annotative objects is not selected, a single model
space representation is displayed on the Model layout. Depending on the
setting of the ANNOALLVISIBLE system variable, more annotation objects
may be displayed on the Model layout, and more objects may be displayed
in paper space viewports at different sizes than in AutoCAD LT 2008 and later
releases.
Annotative Object Properties in Previous Releases
In an AutoCAD 2008 drawing, when an annotative block does not have its
paper orientation set to match the layout, and the block contains multiline
attributes that are based on a text style that is not set to match the orientation
of the layout, the attributes may shift positions if you open this drawing in
AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases).
Layer Property Overrides in Previous Releases
When you open an AutoCAD 2008 drawing containing layer property
overrides, overrides are not visible. The property override settings are retained
when the drawing is saved in a previous release, and are visible again when
the drawing is opened in AutoCAD 2008.
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